Jump to content

Talk:Gummy bear

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Restaurants

[edit]
They are served at at least one other restaurant in S.F. but I don't know about the rest of the world. Gummy bears are also featured at Coldstone's but I guess that isn't so surprising. I guess if we had more gummy bear content aching to get on this page and we needed to make sense we could remove the reference, but I think its notable....sorta like the reference to Ferris Bueller's :). The Simpson's episode probably deserves mention [1] Justforasecond 00:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

p —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.71.166 (talk) 18:22, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When eating a gummy bear, always eat the head first, and then the the body. That way the bear isn't screaming while you eat the rest of it. Either that or pop the whole thing in your mouth and eat it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dreadnaught Kat (talkcontribs) 03:23, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

in germany, it is usual to serve gummy bears after or with the meal... so it is common i think and the special note on that frisco restaurant can be deleted --129.13.72.153 19:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC) (user's name in german wiki: cinor)[reply]
that is wrong. It is not usual to serve gummy bears in restaurants in Gumany. --Simie (talk) 18:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

it's not wrong. It's not "usual" in a general way, but happens quite often, mostly in restaurants where it's to serve a free drink after the meal (Ouzo in greek restaurents, plum wine in chinese). Children and sometimes also grown ups who don't want to drink alcohol, get a small bag of gummibärs instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.216.116.150 (talk) 23:43, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More info no

[edit]

For an English class, I did a research paper on Gummi Candies, so I thought I would share it with you. (maybe not all of it is true...but lets use common sense. shall we?)

Here goes: The Romance of Gelatin and Sugar


Works Cited Adams Business Media. “Get a Bigger Bite Out of Gummi Sales.” Internet. 12 January 2006. . Bellis, Mary. “Hans Riegel Invented Gummi Bears During the 1920’s.” Internet. 9 January 2006. Colombia Encyclopedia, The. “Gelatin.” Internet. 9 February 2006.[2]. Turner, Amy. “Gummi Bears: That Great 1980s Television Show.” Internet. 11 January 2006. “Gummi Bear.” Internet.10 January 2006. Haribo. “History of Gold Bear.” Internet. 10 January 2006. Hunisch, Julianne. “The History of Gummi Bears.” Internet. 10 January 2006. Koppers. "iGourmet Koppers Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears – White Chocolate (Polar Bears).” Internet. 11 January 2006. National Confectioners Association (NCA). [3] “Gummi Bears and Gummi Candy.” Internet. 19 January 2006. Pavlina, Erin. > “Vegan Gummi Bear Review.” Internet. 11 January 2006. . Young, Jason. “Gummis Come of Age.” Professional Candy Buyer April 1998: 49+. Internet. 12 January 2006.Ruthless813 00:18, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So someone posts a paper they wrote on a Wikipedia talk page, among whose sources is... that talk page's associated Wikipedia article. My head hurts. drseudo (t) 07:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Gummy bear implants. You have got to be kidding me. Where do people come up with this stuff, eh?
I think what we're trying to say is thank you for sharing this, hopefully the sources can also be used to improve this article. Next time it might be better to post the actual paper elsewhere on the internet and link to it and just provide the sources as that's usually all we can use. Hope your effort scored well! Benjiboi 05:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did the same thing for my Food and Culture Class... you can read it on my blog. Hopefully it's helpful to this article. (By the way, I got an A on the paper)  :) DaRkAgE7 (talk) 16:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Talk Spam Cleanup?

[edit]

Surprising this has gone un-noticed for so long, especially with active talks. I think these are the talk edits need to be removed. I'm not an active wikipedian, so IDK. 09:18, 10 May 2007 211.50.61.82 01:46, 11 September 2007 24.33.137.91 Cheers. 68.237.239.86 (talk) 20:31, 15 December 2007 (UTC)A passing visitor[reply]

If you're referring to the school report with links I actually found it quite helpful as it presents some material which we either can't or simply don't yet and the links were useful to me for a related article as well. We could format them though. Benjiboi 03:27, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Update, I've formatted the above paper so the links are hyperlinked and I think spam is usually reserved for the article space with most of these, none seemed to be talk page spam. Benjiboi 03:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Error in regional distribution area

[edit]

Haribo Smurfs are a product of the German confection company Haribo. They are a gummi candy in the shape of blue Smurfs, which are of a raspberry flavour, with red and white caps, and are exclusive to the Benelux area. [1][2]
The last part of this sentence is definately incorrect. I come from Germany and one can buy these smurfs everywhere troughout Germany. So, they are in no way "exclusive to the Benelux area". I love them! :-) -- 79.192.226.62 (talk) 23:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC) I agree, you can buy smurfs everywhere in germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.82.180.181 (talk) 20:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Company slogan

[edit]

I removed the Haribo company slogan. It has nothing to do with the bears as such, but is a company slogan. Thus it belongs to the Haribo article, where it's already mentioned. Averell (talk) 13:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox

[edit]

Is there a usebox for "Gummi bear" available? I would like to place one on my userpage!--Kozuch (talk) 21:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Smurfs?

[edit]

Is there any reason to mention the Haribo smurfs? It seems unclear why they are prominently mentioned while other gummy-somethings are not. This stuff is made in gadzillion of forms, so having a smurf is not really spectacular. Averell (talk) 09:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it seems like someone's vested interest here. I've simplified it by moving the reference in with the other variations. If they want to highlight Gummi Smurfs, let them create a separate page. Ian Fieggen (talk) 02:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Laxative Effect`

[edit]

I have recently noticed a warning against the consumption of excessive amounts of gummy bears due to their laxative effect. I'm wondering, how many would one need to eat for this to occur, and what actually causes this side effect? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.2.24.240 (talk) 22:32, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you hear about that? Well, idk... there seems to be nothing laxative in them - or was this for some type of "sugar-free" bears that contain artificial sweeteners? I've eaten quite a bit of those bears on several occasions, and never noticed any laxative effects. So if it really exists I suppose you'd have to eat really substantial amounts (like 1kg) for that... Averell (talk) 13:12, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Swedish Fish contain mineral oil, which is a laxative. Perhaps you were confused, 76.2.24.240. An elite (talk) 18:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More Types of Gummi

[edit]

ok so i have eaten and i have proof that there are more types of gummi i.e whales,butterflies,goofy teeth,frogs things like that, but the article disincludes them. Can someone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.70.92 (talk) 23:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I think it's insufficient for Gummi to redirect to this article. Naturally, there is a great deal of redundant information, but the information common to all gummi should be on that article, and this article should either focus on traits specific to the bear variety, or merge into a gummi article. -Verdatum (talk) 20:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have added a main article tag to the 'Variations and flavours' section, which links to Gummy candies. 03jkeeley (talk) 11:45, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move recommendation

[edit]

Can we move this article to gummies? There are a lot of different types included in the article. Gummy bears are just one type. ChildofMidnight (talk) 10:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC) Resolved.[reply]

Flavors

[edit]

Can someone check the flavors? Is red cherry or raspberry? The other ones seem like they may not be quite right also. ChildofMidnight (talk) 09:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have a package of Haribo goldbären right here (in Sweden, but I think Haribo sells the same flavours globally). There's an image on the back with all the flavours listed next to a little bear in their colour.
  • white/pale = pineappe
  • orange = orange
  • dark red = raspberry
  • light red = strawberry
  • green = apple
  • yellow = lemon
Should I edit this into the article? It seems a little irrelevant, but that might just be me. --Aryllia (talk) 14:14, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Scratch that, I just read that part of the article a little closer and followed the ref, as well as checked the Swedish version of the site. I have no idea why the site and the package would be listing different flavours, but I can assure that the flavours I listed above were true for the content in the bag at least... (the green ones definitely taste more like sour apples then any strawberries I've ever eaten) --Aryllia (talk) 15:16, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Gummi" spelling

[edit]

Why, in this article, are gummy bears referred to as "Gummi", and not the correct spelling, "gummy"? I don't believe "Gummi" is or was ever accurate. "Gummi Bear" sounds like a bastardization of the german name for the candy. It is not the correct name in the English language for the candy. The spelling "Gummi" is almost never used in popular lexicon. Even a quick google search shows nearly three times as many uses of the phrase "gummy bear" than the alternative spelling. Gummy is an adjective, it describes the bear. As with all other gummy candies. The incorrect spelling should be removed and replaced with the correct word. 99.163.22.236 (talk) 14:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do your homework. Just because google has more hits doesn't make it correct. If you would read the article (or even a book, gasp) you'd know that gummi bears were originally made in Germany and called gummi bears, so the correct spelling is gummi. The bastardization is gummy, which originated in some knock off brand. This page used to be at "gummy bear" but has been moved back and forth. See the history. The fact is Haribo created them, so we'll use their spelling. DaRkAgE7[Talk] 21:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Easy tiger. The word gummy has some overlap with the texture and qualities of gummies. What is the etymology of the German word Gummi? There is no such word in English according to the online dictionary. So it's not quite so simple. I believe it is commonly spelled both ways. That such a tasty and nutritious snack has multiple spelling should surprise no-one. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:16, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As an American "Army Brat" living in Germany from 1965-1968 and still hooked on this candy, I know that we Americans living there called the candy by its German pronunciation, goo' me, and spelled it Gummi, which I believe means "rubber." I still pronounce and spell it that way. As a soldier in the 1970s, I brought 2 kg bags back to my wife and she also calls it "Gummi." It was only when the candy was widely available in the US in the early 1980s that the Americanized spelling "Gummy" appeared with the corresponding American pronunciation. Gummy in American English can mean chewy or sticky, but only rarely "rubber." Which is correct? Both.


I just want to point something out. Obviously Haribo invented Gummis, and any form of the candy made by Haribo should be called gummi. However, Haribo no longer exclusively makes the bears. Lots of other companies now do. So while the specific Haribo bears are called gummi bears, its very posisble the more generalized form of the candy is more frequently called gummy bears in the US. If that's the case, then I think the article title should be changed. It all depends. Is this article just specifically about Haribo gummi bears (i.e. a specific brand of candy like Skittles), or how the candy exists currently, dealing with all of its manufacturers and forms (i.e. a specific type of candy like a lollipop). Depending on which is the case, we should also look into merging or incorporating the gummi worms, and gummy candy articles then. 24.190.34.219 (talk) 17:35, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Introduced in Germany

[edit]

The caption of the picture says 1950s but the text says 1960s. It's inconsistent. 203.32.127.2 (talk) 00:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One penny gummies

[edit]

I've removed the section, it had been fact-tagged forever. Non one has ever added anything that shows that this is true and/or particularly relates to Gummi bears. Also, according to Finnish_mark, there was no such thing as a "one penny coin" in Finland since 1948... Averell (talk) 17:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bogus Information

[edit]

Gummy bears are actually made of cows hooves.[citation needed]
Correction: Gelatin is derived mainly from pork skins, pork and cattle bones, or split cattle hides; contrary to popular belief, horns and hooves are not used. SEE: link Gelatin

And so? The article correctly states that they are made with Gelatin and that that is made from animals. If you want to learn more, you can follow the link to the Gelatin article. Averell (talk) 10:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another Correction:

Gummy bears were around long before 1989. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.230.120.248 (talk) 21:51, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have a [NP:V reliable source] for that? If yes, you may add it. Otherwise, I'll remain doubtfoul. By the way: Please create new discussion topics on the bottom of the page. Averell (talk) 10:30, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Haribo was founded in 1920 by Hans Riegel when he registered the name in the Bonn Commercial Registry[4]. Probably an early precursor to the gummi bear was the dancing bear, which was a "little bear made from fruit gum". This was made in 1922. I'll probably update the article soon when I have the time, but if you want to, be my guest. The source I cited is probably the best to go by. I think the Haribo article might also need to reflect some of the facts here. D-hax (talk) 20:27, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Gummi worms into this article

[edit]

Someone created a Gummi worms article. It looks like in the past, variations of Gummi worms were redirected to Gummi bear. Should they be two separate articles or be merged? PDCook (talk) 17:33, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It has also been suggested that Gummi worms be merged into Gummy candies. PDCook (talk) 01:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think Gummy candies should be the parent article with links to pages like Gummi worms and Gummi bear. 03jkeeley (talk) 11:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

kosher

[edit]

they also do kosher gummi bears in france (haribo special production). ate some was tasty. --Baruch ben Alexander - ☠☢☣ 22:40, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jelly babies

[edit]

I don't think many people in the UK will have heard of "Gummi bears" or "Gummi candies" or their "Gummy" versions. There, it is always Jelly babies. It has also its dusted versions, never however the above American/German versions, as far as I know. Dieter Simon (talk) 22:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC) I'm in the UK and I'm eating Gummy Bears right now. I've been eating them for a long time too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.159.44 (talk) 23:51, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strange

[edit]

I'm eating cherry gummy bears right now, but they have these tiny black dots in them. I seriously don't know what it is but they don't appear in any other flavors in the bag i purchased. What are they? Are they safe to ingest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SilverArthur (talkcontribs) 02:46, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Empty calories?

[edit]

The main ingredients are gelantine, sugar and starch. The latter two are processed carbohydrates, wich are usually called "empty calories", but gelantine is a protein. While the the human body cannot burn gelantine for energy, it needs it to build up joints and skin. Gelatine prescriptions are given to persons with problems with their joints. So "empty calories" is probably used wrong here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.216.116.150 (talk) 00:20, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

s/vegetarians/some vegetarians/

[edit]

All veggies I know do eat gummibears. --193.254.155.48 (talk) 12:34, 29 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

[edit]
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Gummi bearGummy bear – Folks, I love and respect the original Haribo product, but we need to WP:USEENGLISH here. Also consider the WP:COMMONNAME argument—9.5 million for gummy bear, 767,000 for gummi bear (limiting to English results, phrases in quotation marks, and -wikipedia)—we might as well have BMW at Bayerische Motoren Werke. --BDD (talk) 21:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.


Now that the page has been moved, the intro should show "or gummi bear" as an alternate spelling. (Also... the 10th reference should be put in brackets to enable the hyperlink or else removed as not a reliable source). 66.87.7.132 (talk) 04:16, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline?

[edit]

Exactly when were these things introduced into the U.S.? They weren't around when I was a child in the 50's. I am not sure what they are even today. Cannot recall ever having seen one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.82.120.35 (talk) 00:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Additional information for the Health Concerns section

[edit]

Some varieties (sugarless golden bear) contain Lycasin which can cause potent intestinal distress including a laxative effect among others. [1] 76.10.128.192 (talk) 21:01, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Khazan, Olga (January 17, 2014). "What's in Those Haribo Gummy Bears?". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 1, 2014.


Another European theft of Turkish foods

[edit]

Europeans steal Turkish foods all the time. They've stolen yogurt they also steal our confections. Gummi bears are just a variation of ancient Lokum candy. Look up the ingredients.--24.123.106.68 (talk) 00:48, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 13 September 2015

[edit]

Change the porcine and piscine to porcine and piscine. The articles they currently link too are not correct. 115.188.198.32 (talk) 09:36, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. I assumed good faith and understood your perspective. Be sure that in future requests that you make your request clear for readers that do not read the source code. An example includes changing your current request to "Change the link Porcine (currently links to "pork") into pig and piscine (currently links to "fish (food)") into fish". You can also improve on my example if you wish. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 21:46, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on Gummy bear. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers. —cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 06:40, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Holy Moley

[edit]

Seriously, how can you nerds be all upset and touchy about candy? An automated filter to prevent "unconstructive" comments too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.139.68 (talk) 15:56, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 3 external links on Gummy bear. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 12:12, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]